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Chewing through brake pads
Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott wrote:
My son's favorite bike, a yard-sale 1973 step-through Raleigh Sport 3-speed, is chewing through brake pads at a rate I've never seen in my nearly 40 years of cycling. The wheels are not the best I've ever seen, being chrome jobbies that are not very true (spoke nipples are fairly rounded -- ideas welcome here), with a few kinks and bumps in them. The chrome plating is worn off here and there in a speckled fashion, but it's not like they feel like sandpaper or anything. No visible rust. Yet he is fairly grinding down the new salmon Kool Stops at an alarming rate. He's not even a very aggressive rider. I'm scratching my head over this one. Yes, where the chrome is chipped, the rim is quite abrasive. In the big picture, a more frequent pad change is still not a lot of cash; new rims might be an excessive answer on that bike. YMMV. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Chewing through brake pads
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Chewing through brake pads
get the kid's stomach pumped!
then give him one tablespoon of rubber conditioner every 3 hours that's a nice bike-they don't make them.... |
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